seednut burger night

If you've got eggs and breadcrumbs... you've got burgers. If johnny cash could write another song, he'd write it about all the kinds of burgers he's eaten.

You can make anything into a burger. It is the ultimate quick and easy dinner. One night I ended up with the most amazing burger.

This is what I saw when I opened the fridge, half a bag of frozen shelled edamame, 1 fillet frozen salmon, eggs, bread crumbs, cilantro, garlic. All this became the most amazing burger.

Tonight I just saw a whole lot of nuts and seeds. It isn't always the protein source we go to, but nuts and seeds are cheap and store well. A pantry must!

I have a 3/4 cup food processor. That is barely enough volume to fill the palm of my hand, but in that small amount of seeds and nuts I ended up with 4 decent sized burgers. We had them over a bed of soba noodles topped with homemade tomato sauce and a chiffonade of spinach.

Seednut Burgers
1/4 cup walnuts
1/4 cup cashews, raw unsalted
2 Tbsp sunflower seeds
2 Tbsp pumpkin seeds
2 eggs
1/4 - 1/2 cup bread crumbs
garlic powder
onion powder
salt and pepper
vegetable oil for frying

• Put all the seeds and nuts into the food processor and chop until the nuts are the size of peanut toppings on an ice cream sundae. This size really made the burgers have a good texture.
  
• Dump ground seednut mixture into a bowl, add remaining ingredients and stir well until the mixture comes together into sticky patties that you can mold by hand. Don't make them too thick, or they will take longer to cook.
  
• Drop patties onto a hot oiled frying pan (i used a cast iron pan)
  
• You don't need alot of oil, just enough so they don't stick and brown nicely.
• They only take a few minuted per side. To check if they are done, press the middle of the patty with your finger, if it feels firm its good to go. You are just cooking the egg, so it doesn't take long.
  

Enjoy on a burger or sliced onto a bed of noodles, or in a stir fry. They have a really nice texture and are very filling!

Burgers in the cast iron pan, tomato sauce and soba on the go!